The fourth annual Central Oregon Beer Week is kicking off this Friday, May 22, with 10 days of events highlighting once again just how great our local beer scene is. From Friday through Sunday the 31st, there will be something going on every day (usually multiple somethings) for a jam-packed schedule of beer across … Continue reading
This Saturday the 9th, Deschutes Brewery is debuting their latest big project at their production brewery on Simpson Avenue: their mobile Street Pub. It’s a pretty ambitious effort to take on the road (and this from the brewery that built a giant traveling pub in the shape of a beer keg). … Continue reading
Hood River-based Pfriem Family Brewers, best known for brewing acclaimed Belgian-styled beers, has recently started bottling a number of their beers and have been traveling around the state doing special tasting events—and this week they are in Bend. Here is their schedule: Wednesday 4/22: Crow’s Feet Commons, 5 to 8pm Friday … Continue reading
This weekend I have two book signing events for my book Bend Beer: A History of Brewing in Central Oregon, taking place at the excellent Paulina Springs Books locations in Sisters and Redmond. Have you been to Paulina Springs Books (either one)? They have a terrific, wide selection of books, … Continue reading
Faith, Hope and Charity Vineyards over in Terrebonne is hosting their third annual Amateur Wine & Beer Makers’ Competition next month, on Sunday, April 19, and have the call out now for beer and wine makers to enter. Here are the details: We are hosting our 3rd Annual Amateur Wine & … Continue reading
The return of what has become an annual feature—the St. Patrick’s Day pub guide! With St. Paddy’s tomorrow (Tuesday) this year, I figured I’d try to post this a bit early, so once again here’s the guide for your pub-crawling pleasure on this most Irish-of-holidays. As always, this isn’t meant to … Continue reading
If you’d like to get a start on your St. Patrick’s Day festivities, head over to Redmond this weekend: their St. Patrick’s Day Festival starts today (Friday) at 5pm, and runs all day Saturday (10am to 9pm) and Sunday (11am to 5pm). Welcome to the Third Annual St. Patrick’s Day … Continue reading
This weekend, Redmond’s Juniper Brewing is celebrating their one-year anniversary, starting Friday afternoon and continuing Saturday. The fun kicks off tomorrow (Friday the 6th) at 4pm (until closing), and continues Saturday starting at 11am. Their plans: We will be having a blast as we turn 1 year old this weekend! … Continue reading
Bend’s second-oldest brewery, Bend Brewing Company, is enjoying two decades in business this year, and this Friday the 20th they are celebrating 20 years in style, with a block party, live music, 20 taps of beer, and more! The theme will be “20 beers for 20 years” and yes, there will be … Continue reading
The statewide beer event Zwickelmania returns tomorrow, where breweries open their doors to visitors for special samplings (straight from the zwickel, the special tap on the side of the tanks to taste the fermenting beer), brewery tours, swag, specials, and more. The fun starts at 11am and lasts until 4pm. … Continue reading